New Zealand Three-Strikes Law To Be Tested 77
Dangerous_Minds writes "Next month, tribunals will begin for the first people receiving their third strikes in the New Zealand 'Three Strikes Law.' In all, 11 people will have their cases heard, including one who said that her connection was used without her knowledge. Freezenet notes that there has been a long history of controversy for the law from the Internet blackout protests of 2008 to the cablegate leak which revealed that the law was financed and pushed by the United States."
Sort of one sided isn't it? (Score:5, Interesting)
They have several images on their web site that count as "derived works" of my work under US copyright law and they haven't payed me anything.
Can I send them 3 take down notices and then pull their internet access and get them fined $15,000?
Re:That's about the size of it (Score:5, Interesting)
"the law was financed and pushed by the United States"
and pushed through on the back of legislation for assisting those affected by the Christchurch earthquake. So anyone opposing this bit of the bill would also be denying help to those who really needed it.